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The Daily Princetonian

Princeton Elated Over Gov. Wilson's Election

Unrestrained enthusiasm attended the announcement to an enormous crowd in Alexander Hall last night that Governor Wilson had obtained more than enough electoral votes to secure his election as President of the United States.From eight-thirty till the final announcement of Dr. Wilson's election shortly after eleven o'clock Alexander Hall was packed to the doors to hear the returns over a special wire under the auspices of the Daily Princetonian, The Woodrow Wilson Club, The Taft Club and The Roosevelt Club.

NEWS | 11/05/2000

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Harvard alum reports theft

A Harvard University alumnus recently reported his tailgating equipment ? including a tent, chairs, grill and cooler, together valued at more than $1,000 ? was stolen during the Princeton-Harvard football game Oct.

NEWS | 11/05/2000

The Daily Princetonian

Evaluating efforts to curb HIV, Trussell heads committee

Associate Dean of the Wilson School James Trussell recently chaired a committee that reported the United States is not doing enough to prevent the spread of HIV.The resulting study, titled "No Time to Lose," was commissioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Institute of Medicine and published in mid-September, Trussell said."The Centers for Disease Control asked the Institute of Medicine to do a thorough review of HIV-prevention strategies and to do a visionary framework of what should be done now and for the next five years," Trussell explained.

NEWS | 10/26/2000

The Daily Princetonian

PPPL's Williams wins award

Michael Williams, head of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's engineering and technical infrastructure department, received an award last week from the American Nuclear Society, recognizing his work in fusion science and engineering.Williams was the recipient of this year's Outstanding Achievement Award from the society's Fusion Energy Division for the research he has conducted during the past 24 years at the PPPL.While Williams has worked on a variety of prestigious projects during his tenure at PPPL, he said, "In a sense the award was more for my 24 years in the field of fusion energy research than for any one project.

NEWS | 10/26/2000

The Daily Princetonian

Wa announces an end to Bolis

In the biggest event to affect University students since yesterday's Beirut game at Quad, a Princeton Wawa employee confirmed yesterday that Wawa Food Stores have discontinued the Boli.The most potent antidote for beer-driven munchies, the Boli ? a mock-calzone filled with spinach, pepperoni or steak and melted cheese ? will trade places on the hot food stand with the newly introduced Bagel Melt.Students were too drunk last night to comment coherently.

NEWS | 10/26/2000

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Middle East rally turns contentious, as various groups converge in plaza

Yesterday's rally in a sun-soaked Firestone plaza was meant to promote peace in the Middle East, but it ended in a bitter argument between students supporting Palestinians, Israelis and every position in between.Earlier this week, Leo Kontorovich '01, who organized the event, invited acquaintances and certain student organizations ? such as Jews for Justice and Peace ? to join him in what was supposed to be a non-political demonstration for peace in the Middle East.But the event, which attracted about 35 students, turned into a conflict over how the crisis in the Middle East should be viewed and how Princeton students should respond.During the rally, which lasted from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., students sat on the steps of Firestone plaza holding white signs that read in blue and black writing, "Israel is not the aggressor," "Israel has the right to exist" and "Arafat stop the violence." They sang songs in Hebrew, and Kontorovich read a speech that emphasized "Israel's right to defend itself, its very existence and the lives of its citizens.""It was supposed to be a spontaneous event with a goal to spread a positive message about Israel," said Sean Ir '03, one of the rally's organizers."We wanted to find a message that everyone could agree on ? support for Israel," he added.

NEWS | 10/26/2000

The Daily Princetonian

Professors try to do the write thing

Anthony Grafton leaves his wife sleeping at 5 a.m., pads into the kitchen to feed their cats and then slips into his study where he works until it is time to wake his wife at a quarter to seven.It is a process the history professor repeats nearly every morning, in part because of the massive number of requests he receives for student letters of recommendation.Grafton estimated that he sent close to 330 letters out last year to schools and scholarship committees ? though one student may account for as many as nine recommendations.During the fall ? a season swollen with internship and award deadlines ? he may spend up to an hour every morning working on recommendations.

NEWS | 10/25/2000

The Daily Princetonian

Beer-seeking intruder enters rooms

Two students reported finding an unidentified male in their dorm rooms late Sunday night and early Monday morning, police said.A female resident of 1939 Hall allegedly woke up to find a white, "college-age" male weighing approximately 200 pounds with a cast on his arm standing in her room, according to Public Safety Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser.Weiser said the man asked the student if she had a beer.

NEWS | 10/25/2000

The Daily Princetonian

University to create council, advising program to enrich campus religious life

Princeton soon may add its name to a growing list of well-known universities that have created councils designed to address religious concerns faced by college students.In a detailed proposal released earlier this fall, Associate Dean of Religious Life Sue Ann Steffey Morrow suggested two new initiatives ? slated to be introduced sometime near the end of this semester ? that she said could revolutionize the religious climate on campus.Morrow's first recommendation is the creation of what she calls a "religious life council."The council would be made up of one of the deans of religious life, one member of the Center for Jewish Life and other campus religious group leaders.The council's primary objective would be to support and communicate with other departments within the University that demonstrate, according to the proposal, "a similar religious commitment."The second component of the proposal would involve the creation of a religious life fellows program, Morrow said.She has suggested choosing 12 students from varying spiritual and ethnic backgrounds to act as liaisons between the student body and the religious life council.This fellowship program would differ substantially from the University's RA and MAA programs.

NEWS | 10/25/2000

The Daily Princetonian

BP, Ford award University $20 million for research

NEW YORK ? British Petroleum and Ford Motor Company officials announced yesterday a $20-million grant to the University to fund a project called the Carbon Mitigation Initiative.The grant ? which will finance a research project at the Princeton Environmental Institute to develop solutions to the greenhouse problem ? is the largest corporate grant the University has received in its more than 250-year history.BP is pledging $15 million and Ford Motor Company has earmarked $5 million for the project, which will develop and evaluate methods for keeping carbon dioxide emissions ? the main cause of global warming ? out of the atmosphere.To that end, PEI researchers will investigate carbon sequestration ? the process by which harmful carbon dioxide is stored safely within the Earth.Research will also focus on producing new non-polluting fuel options."The scope of this challenge demands the full participation of universities, corporations and governments," said President Shapiro of carbon-emissions reduction.

NEWS | 10/25/2000

The Daily Princetonian

Choice of a lifetime

When Phil Isles '03 ? then a senior in high school ? began writing what would become his first full-length novel, he had no idea how the project would end.The recent publication of his choose-your-own-adventure novel, "Polyverse," however, has fulfilled a childhood dream and brought his written work into the public eye.Isles' book ? published in August and marketed by buybooksontheweb.com ? will be sold in about two weeks on both amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com, though it is not available in bookstores.Isles said he has always known he wanted to be a writer.

NEWS | 10/24/2000

The Daily Princetonian

Researchers crack computer code meant to protect online music files

A team of researchers from Princeton, Rice University and Xerox yesterday defended their claim that they cracked four security measures being tested to prevent illegal users from listening to copyrighted music.The group of two University professors, three graduate students, two graduate school alumni and two colleagues at Rice responded to a challenge issued Sept.

NEWS | 10/24/2000